NHS Staff working with Covid-19 patients

Very brave, some will pay with their lives

It is of course their job, but I take my hat off to them

3 members of my family working in hospitals(one in the highest possible position) and one other volunteered to teach the children of key workers.

good to hear peckerdunne

I will give them a well done

Thanks uble, immediate family too, concerns me greatly..

In fact sibling is running war room, i can't say more.

in part why i put up anti Boris thread

Your family are certainly contributing peckerdunne….

The nearer people are to covid-19 the more at risk people are, praiseworthy effort

put me to shame

So they do their shift and go home to whoever with a massive increase % of passing this thing on?

YES STEVE

but shift is out the window mate, it's 24/7 almost, trying to do 5 things at once, honestly

I'm really surprised at how little seems to make it onto the news feed..I understand that there is only a certain amount they would/should be showing...but to seriously get it into the public thinking they have to show more than a 10 second sob from a social media nurse

Caught a 20 minute interview with a Dr Al, an "A & E consultant from Manchester", on 5Live's Nolan show whilst in the tub last night.  Quite moving and very eye-opening, assuming it's not a "set-up" - as some of the likely lads in here might assert.  From 40:43 ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000h229

Found this 34 minute's worth while looking for it.  Not listened to it yet.  Same fella.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0877mb2

My very best wishes to your family, peckerdunne.  Their - and your - thoughts on the first clip would be good to hear if you get a chance.  Thanks.

They can't even lock the parks ffs.

If parks are open people go in, it's uncommon sense.

In Ireland parks got locked a couple of weeks ago.

Tories won't listen, think they know best, the are egotistical scum and parasites.

i know someone working with covids and i can assure you it's terrible  ...  most news not getting out ,haven't seen any cameras in  the wards ...staff not allowed to  post on facebook etc .... no wonder so many staff off ill

worse still in private care homes  ...  at this juncture maybe the carers should walk out and let some of the scumbag owners deal with the situation ?...   more nurses dying on a pittance wage is  unnacceptable

skywalker cant keep off here,high jump coming

theres no meat on the street,bruv

Trilby that's kind but no thanks to me.

I have worked in a hospital theatre many moons ago, some will be surprised to hear.

I am not a qualified doctor or any such thing but i have been in work for open heart surgery etc, that said i can't pretend to be able to convey the feelings of all those working in the front line today.

I can tell you that everyone is scared, in a big way,that everyone is now being trained in the use of ventilators and also the best practice of ICU.

Many young kids not fully qualified are coming on line with immediate effect.

The issues are mant and well known now, i could go into more detail but no point.

All i can say is that WHO practice and that of Royal academy are not conjoined and the Government to add keep moving the goalposts and changing guidelines to suit their own needs, which is as always mostly spin whilst the qualified folk deal with the actual hardship and that's neither fair nor pleasant.

It's a disgrace, a shambles, and old folk who went to work, paid their way and built a country and society are getting left behind, literally.

the old folk are eventually going to have to be sacrificed if too many nurses/carers  get ill  ...we can't risk the lives of young carers ffs  ..it's not fair

Jesus christ, i just started listening to Dr Al when he said this i froze.....

At the current rate in a couple of week we will have one ventilator for every 8 patients

we will have to let 7 go....................im still in shock.............

the old folk are eventually going to have to be sacrificed if too many nurses/carers  get ill  ...we can't risk the lives of young carers ffs  ..it's not fair

TORIES

They won't be ill if they have PPE,it's absolutely criminal..

the test is not picking up 30% of the cases and it's essential to be on a ventilator early to have any chance of survival....

staff are all going to be infected one by one, it's inevitable..

i think i want to cry lads, really...



Boris you and yours are some horrible bunch of filth

we each have toothbrush and shaving packs at the ready, when the peak comes we wont be going home


Isolation period is 14DAYS

Tories ,Labour  ...whatever ... none of them have any fooken savvy 


there will be an outcry if PPE is stored at hospitals where isn't being used

TRILBY THE SECOND LINK IS JUST INCREDIBLY MOVING AND PROFOUND.

And worrying

They have now been given free parking and a microwave meal . Hoorah !!! for the government .

they'll be getting free burials soon too

My very best wishes to your family, peckerdunne.

Well said trilby. I send the same best wishes Peck. Hope that you all stay safe mate.

Thank you mac, much appreciated.

my daughter is an FY1 (Junior Doctor in Scotland) and whilst she obv cant say too much covid19 is everywhere and PPE is a joke
people are still being too blaise about this and more NHS staff will die as a result
I feel heartbroken for those kids of the nurses who died doing their job and no longer have a mum
and its not only NHS staff, bus drivers, taxi drivers, carers, shop staff etc have all died simply going to work
and people still question the lockdown?

ABSOLUTELY NEC

Good luck to daughter

Best wishes to your daughter N-E-C. It must be worrying for you all. Hope that she stays safe mate.

We are now 2nd in the world after usa in new deaths...probably be there for a while i reckon

thank you guys and hope your family stay safe at work peckerdunne and of course the families of all on here
its an incredibly worrying time as every new admission is a potential corona case
but she seems to be taking it in her stride atm

Good luck to your girl NEC, worried for mine and her hubbie, the young are too blase about this disease. Like nothing I have ever known in my life.

Apr 5, 2020 -- 7:18PM, peckerdunne wrote:

TRILBY THE SECOND LINK IS JUST INCREDIBLY MOVING AND PROFOUND.And worrying

Thanks for your feedback peckerdunne and I'll give the second link a listen if I get time later.  Here they are again for anyone interested -

From 40:43 … https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000h229 - a little over fifteen minutes worth.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0877mb2 - a little over 30 mins.

My very best wishes to your daughter too, NEC - and indeed everyone in the front line.  It's quite incredible that some damned fools still aren't taking this thing deadly seriously - cause that's exactly what it is.  Covidiots!

My niece is now working on a covid ward. The hospital has a two-floor policy with worst cases on top floor and people just admitted on first floor. She's working on the first floor. People on top floor have proper PPE as it should be but on their floor they still only have basic stuff. That is wrong. They're also working 12 hour shifts which can't be good.

I think those on the frontline such as NHS staff ought to be paid "danger" money during this period eg 10x present pay, income tax-free, 6 months all expenses paid holiday locally and priority of the housing ladder.

I'd not even volunteer to assist any NHS staff treating eg those vain barstewards sunbathing in the park, journeying to their 2nd home away from London, etc, to the countryside.

they should get very high pay ...such are their low wages though they'd all be scrambling for treble pay let alone x10 

some staff don't have many choices ...it's often money before health   ...some poor people treat health as a luxury


would be nice if they got a very generous  pay out at the end ... it's just making sure those who deserve the help   got the help rather than those who shouldn't be getting it

I agree that NHS staff should have a pay increase now. But they should have had a pay increase for the last 10 years or so instead of so called austerity measures.

nurses pay isn't too bad in the big scheme of things ... they tend to do more of the paper work and meds these days ..some of them are like office managers .  It's the porters ,cleaners and health care assistant workers that get a raw deal as they do actual physical work ,nurses  tend to get a lot of bullying though as do some doctors and work under a lot of  pressure.

for this latest work though they should have very good rewards  .

Australaia did roll out a system paying comp to cov-catchers  ...but morrison backing down on some saying they need to prove they caught the virus at work ...not sure how that works

All front line staff deserve a pay rise and generous bonus when this is resolved. They should also be showering as soon as they come off the wards and change into civvy clothes instead of travelling home with possibly contaminated uniforms.